Differing Ph levels.

As I understand it, the fungus gnats you see and even kill are not the main problem. You want to kill their root-eating larvae in the soil. Pesticides effective against the flying adult gnats are not effective against larvae. If you see gnats, you should presume your soil and roots are infected with larvae.

Consider adding to your feeding one of the live Bt bacteria products, commonly used for mosquito larvae control, much the same as other beneficial microbes are added. These are safe, 'natural' and effective. I add it at 2 mL/L, a low dose, with every feeding to prevent, not treat, fungus gnat (and any other) larvae from getting established.
 
Are these BT products the same as Mosquito dunks? Can I buy them at Lowes?
Thanks BII!
 
.... yup, same bacterium! Bll is right, the adults are little more than flying gonads :rofl:...it's the larvae in soil that can become problematic.... the dunks come as pucks, or sometimes (at OSH) I found Bonide brand granules, which is much easier than crushing up those damn pucks! Those are made for slow release in ponds, etc.,... In any case, to maximize the effectiveness, I found you have to help get the bacteria get a good start; get a 1/2 gal of clean water, no chlorine (let it gas off for a day in using tap), and a couple Tablespoon's worth of stuff, plus a fat 1tsp of molasses and a dash of nutes, and mix it all up,... let it sit for a day or so, to allow the bacteria to come out of dormancy and multiply, then scoop up, bits and all, and water normally.... I find that 1-2 treatments per grow is all you need, and I'm outdoors, where the supply of gnats is unending! At night when they come in for extra light hours, I find few to none around,... :thumbsup:
 
Hi guys,

Seems like my plants just can't catch a break! I came home from work today and my plants leaves looked all gnarly and shriveled up. I saw a couple of similar pics in the quick and dirty deficiency post but they were under the toxicity label, nothing specific. The leaves are dark green and do not have any spots on them.
Please help!!
 

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That is some serious N toxicity my man. She is not too happy with your feed regimen that far into flowering. I would suggest cutting back on your grow nutrients and feeding straight water for a week or so then start your bloom nutes.

Other than that, she doesn't look bad at all. Just too much Nitrogen.
 
I'm have her on the Flora duo A & B nutes. She is primarily getting the B nutes which are for flowering. I will start her on just water for the rest of the week. I was following the regimen and had her on 5 ml A & 7.5 ml B with 2.5 ml Calimagic and 1 ml Rapidstart. I wonder if I should tweak the dosage....
Thanks for your advice A4...again!!
 
I also have her on a 18/6 light cycle. Should I cut back to 12/12?
 
That is some serious N toxicity my man. She is not too happy with your feed regimen that far into flowering. I would suggest cutting back on your grow nutrients and feeding straight water for a week or so then start your bloom nutes.

Other than that, she doesn't look bad at all. Just too much Nitrogen.

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I have her on filtered water pH adjusted to 6.3. I've watered her twice in the last 5 days but the recovery is going slow.....

Thanks for advice guys!
 
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